Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lesbian"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lesbian \Les"bi*an\ (l[e^]s"b[i^]*an), a.
Of or pertaining to the island anciently called Lesbos, now
Mitylene, in the Grecian Archipelago.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lesbian \Les"bi*an\, a.
Amatory; erotic; -- in allusion to the reputed sensuality of
the Lesbian people and literature; as, Lesbian novels.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lesbian
adj : of female homosexuality [syn: {sapphic}]
n 1: a female homosexual [syn: {gay woman}]
2: a resident of Lesbos [syn: {Lesbian}]
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